I immediately thought about German football culture as I read my way through David Goldblatt and the Football Action Network’s (FAN) bombshell, “This is Our Game,” manifesto published in Sunday’s Guardian. While Goldblatt diagnoses the domestic game’s […]

Germany’s football structures are widely lauded around the world. Their focus on not just quality football but also fan engagement, safe standing and cheap tickets are used as the pinnacle example for other leagues in […]

In 2008 when I was in need of an interesting essay for my German A Levels, I stumbled upon a subject most Bundesliga fans were obsessing over. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, a name not historically associated […]

“Authentisch, glaubwürdig und echt, 100 Prozent Sandhausen” – Jürgen Machmeier Six years ago, SV Sandhausen, the club from a small town in Baden-Württemberg, had the chance to join forces with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and create […]

Hoffenheim have lost three key players in this transfer window, and look as if their Bundesliga status might be in jeopardy after four short years. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim’s rise to the Bundesliga has been an […]

Author of the Hoffenheim blog Hoffside and co-editor of the excellent blog Four Added On Saurabh Ananth reviews TSG 1899 Hoffenheim’s Hinrunde for the fanatic. With the first half of the season done and dusted, […]

Hoffenheim are currently playing their fourth consecutive season in Germany’s top fight. During this period, they always found themselves somewhere in the middle of the league table at the end of the season (2008/2009 7th, […]

Saurabh Ananth makes his third appearance on the Fanatic, this time around the Hoffenheim blogger writes about his favorite’s team upcoming season. There was an collective sigh of relief at the Rhein-Neckar Arena as the […]

1899 Hoffenheim begin the New Year undergoing some big changes. The eighth place Bundesliga club will be under a new manager, as Ralf Rangnick has left the team. Hoffenheim also sold midfielder Luis Gustavo to Bayern […]

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